McLaughlin: ‘insurance levy is crippling our clubs’

GAA clubs in Tyrone could be brought to the brink of collapse by financial distress, the county chairman warned last night.

The burden of levies imposed by Croke Park is having a crippling effect on some units, Ciarán McLaughlin told delegates at the annual convention in Donaghmore.

But he cautioned that a high level of insurance claims is a key factor in setting the levy imposed on the county by GAA headquarters.